When the rate reductions of -12.5% to -17.5% we predicted for Q2 came true for many, we saw a lot of smiles on the faces of insurance buyers. The reductions, and the smiles, continue. In fact we are n... Continue reading →

Fortunately for employers who are actively trying to engage their workforce, there are some fascinating modern theorems and analyses around this concept that might offer the key to sustainable behavio... Continue reading →

Blogger Archives: Francis Kean

Francis Kean

Francis is an Executive Director in Willis’ FINEX Global, where he specializes in insurance for Directors & Officers (D&O) of companies. He joined Willis in 2010 and has 25 years of experience as a leading litigation lawyer specializing in professional indemnity, financial institutions and directors and officers liability in the London insurance market.

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The traditional shape for the apex of a pyramid is a triangle, right? Translate that into an organogram for any large organisation and you can be sure that the three corners will be occupied respectively by the Chief Executive, the … Continue reading →

It’s not often that a single speech provides enough material for a blog piece, but when that speech is by the Governor of the Bank of England and expressly calls for a significant expansion of the regulatory regime as well … Continue reading →

The unpromisingly named Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 26 March 2015. It didn’t attract much press attention at the time perhaps because it contained such a diffuse range of measures, some of which have … Continue reading →

Fancy a spell in an Egyptian jail? Perhaps unsurprisingly the answer from each of the senior executives of a major UK retailer concerned was an emphatic no. Nevertheless, according to recent reports in The Times, both had been sentenced in … Continue reading →

The latest slew of fines against banks (almost US $6 billion) in wake of the FOREX scandal has attracted predictable headlines from the press along the lines of “How can it be that so few individuals have been held to … Continue reading →

How often are directors warned of the need to seek professional advice? There is no doubt that it can be an invaluable antidote to the tendency of regulators, prosecutors and litigants to apply hindsight when bringing proceedings. “If only you … Continue reading →

Any doubts that the UK Government may not be taking cyber-crime seriously enough should have been dispelled on May 3rd 2015 when an amendment to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 comes into force for the first time. For serious computer-related … Continue reading →

It was always perhaps more a question of “when” rather than “if”, but Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust now has the dubious distinction of being the first National Health Service Trust in England and Wales to be charged with … Continue reading →

Bribery and corruption is alive and well. That’s the depressing but perhaps unsurprising finding of a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analysing more than 400 cases worldwide involving companies or individuals over a 15 … Continue reading →

It seems a long time since I first blogged about the problems at Japanese camera maker Olympus. This all goes back to 2011 when Michael Woodford, then president of Olympus, first blew the whistle about his concerns over payments made … Continue reading →